Basketball Prospectus fires out Big Ten preview

The paradox of that particular archetype is that if the coach's scheme is good enough, as Beilein's has been, he's rewarded with a job where on most nights his players are better than those of the opponent. What happens then? Can a system designed to compensate for having less talent benefit from having more talent? We're about to find out. Beilein was lured away from West Virginia, where he led his team to an NIT championship, to take over in Ann Arbor.